The International Writer's Magazine - September 2007 - Welcome

Conan Doyle Collection: New Fiction Prize Four Categories: Detective: Contemporary or Historical Amazing Adventure Young Sherlock Holmes: 14-17 age group Go here for details: Nov 2007 deadline Enter Now or miss out

Ist Prize £1000 with four runner ups £250 each The Judges: Michelle Spring - (The Night Lawyer) Sam North - (Curse of the Nibelung) Steven O'Brien - (Dark Hill Dreams) Neil McCaw - Director of Conan Doyle Collection In Association with Portsmouth City Council

Destinations: Travel stories & guides

Opinion: Politics & Issues

Lifestyles: Ways of living

The Bull E S Morford Is the difference maturity or is it simply the times? Why does the once exciting and romantic now seem cruel and juvenile?, Mumbai market vendors Meera Manek Stall after stall of flowers greet me as I enter a chaotic street in Bhuleshwar, one of Mumbai's oldest markets Wind Flower Welcome Marianne de Nazareth The Wind Flower Spa and resort, is nestled in the arms of the majestic, tree covered, Chamundi Hills in Mysore, just 140km from Bangalore. Messing Around in Mesr Brian H. Appleton in Egypt It was so hot that later when we walked through the main square of Cairo, the asphalt would stick to the soles of our shoes

Mass Media Democracy James Campion The entire planet is televised, web-cammed, You-Tubed, Google-Earthed, camera-phoned, amateur-videoed, and 24-hour cable networked. We're being watched. Pencil Sketch On A Boarding Pass Natalie Neville on Cuba Cuba is special. As the Oxford defines the term, special is exceptional in quality or degree, unusual, out of the ordinary, excelling in some positive quality, exceptionally good or talented. Cuba is indeed all of those and a great deal more. Havana is intoxicating and inspiring and decrepit and soiled... Pot and Kettle Revelations James Campion Why does Idaho Senator Larry Craig have to resign? Tell me. You can't and he doesn't.

Dreaming Dubai Marwan Asmar I had been to Dubai twice in my life: In 1998 and 2003, the latter was a harrowing experience. Failure at the lake Eric D Lehman I was sixteen, we hiked up the summer Sierra in the backcountry Our parents had left us with worried instructions to stick to the trail. "Don’t get lost! The Blair-Witch Legacy Colin Todhunter As the smug Tony heads off into a potential Middle Eastern nuclear sunset, you are already probably aware that there are a huge number of similarities between him and Thatcher. A Dog's Life Dean Borok Labor Day in New York City brings back a flood of memories for me.

No Problem Sahib A first Journey Around India John A Cook It's January and after many years wanting to go and a whole two weeks planning to go, I'm now actually set to go - airplane tickets in hand, The Queen of Tonalá, Jalisco, Mexico - Doug Bower I had never been to Tonalá, Jalisco, Mexico, before this week.

Oddities of India Meera Manek With a Muslim President, Sikh Prime Minister and an Italian-born Catholic as Head of the largest political party, diversity & tolerance appear to work hand in hand. Ramadan virtues Marwan Asmar During Ramadan I read the Koran maybe five to six times if I can push it.

Journey To Palawan A.T. Allan Manila, Philippines. I wanted to get out of this big, noisy city. The personable young woman at the travel agency in Ermita gave me some important and practical advice. Little Brother Wayne Shannon I used to think he’d always be there. His voice rumbling like a Harley-Davidson engine idling, his red head and freckled white face beaming

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Search this site or the web powered by FreeFind   Site search Web search Block and Tackle Mark Cunliffe It is often said that two is company. Three however leads you into deep trouble. Anniversary Block Mark Cunliffe If marriage is an institution, then it must be the only one that celebrates its incarceration each year. It was Guy Block’s wedding anniversary.

How Lucky Was That? Ian Smith A man tapped an unlit cigarette alongside me, and rattled his empty glass on the bar. I stretched forward. I was sick of having to compete for a beer. Sips Piper Davenport I didn't know at the time that I met her, that she would change my life forever. When I first met her, all I could think to myself, was Huh? Where did this person come from? Mene's Song Dike Okoro Port Harcourt had been restless for weeks. Reporters from Europe and the U.S. thronged the international airport at Alu, just a few miles from the notorious Catch-Fire prison yard where the renowned environmentalist and fiction writer, Mene, languished in detention Uncle Pringle and the Mob Martin Green “I hear you talk about your Uncle Pringle,” he said.   “He has many connections.   I wonder if maybe he can help me?"

Shoot'Em Up Written and Directed by Michael Davis starring Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti, Monica Bellucci Sam North Review Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang, was smart as a whip and self knowing, Smokin’ Aces, was relentless and often funny, despite the inevitable bloodbath and Bourne Ultimatum was slick like a machine with dizzying but refreshing cinema verité action photography. So what the hell is Shoot Em’ Up? Heart Of Glass Dan Schneider German filmmaker Werner Herzog is not an artist to be underestimated, even in his lesser films, like 1976's Heart Of Glass (Herz Aus Glaus) because his films tend to have a cumulative power,

Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em and little fleas have lesser fleas ...ad infinitum - Augustus de Morgan

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